The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) raised the alarm after the Braintree Jobcentre was targeted for three months. Police subsequently identified Tagore as the owner of a mobile phone found to run a programme called Myra, which was running two different attack 'commands' towards DWP's computer system.
The Myra home page and its IP address were then traced to Tagore, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said. The website provided different packages, including a VIP+ offering that was 'specialised with your attack suite to meet any desires'.
A financial investigation found that between January 2020 and November 2022, the third-year cybersecurity student earned £44,433 from the sales of his malicious software.
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